Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Rivals 250 for 2016 updated

Brandon Peters is the #229 player in the 2016 class

Rivals updated their top 250 prospects for 2016 (LINK). I posted the top 100 yesterday (LINK). Here's what it looked like in February (LINK). Brandon Peters dropped from #211 to #229. Here are the rest of Michigan's offerees:

6 comments:

I did a scouting report on quarterbacks in February, and I had DeWeaver ranked slightly ahead of Peters. However, I think Peters is a better athlete and has more physical tools; he's just not as polished. Anyway, I'm not really surprised that DeWeaver is being ranked higher, since that's how I had him myself.

Not to put too much pressure on the kid, but Peters has some tools that are so similar to Andrew Luck, I think it's only natural to want him more. Both guys are tall, have strong arms, and are good all-around athletes. If Harbaugh can work some QB magic as far as cleaning up mechanics and such, I think Peters is the guy. I think DeWeaver is a little further along the track right now, but he just has a lower ceiling (arm strength, size, etc.).

What happened to Dele Harding? A year ago, he was in the Top 200, now he's ranked outside the Top 250. Is Rivals just falling in line with the other recruiting services by ranking him lower and lower with each successive update in the rankings? Very weird.